ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged a group of newly minted college graduates on Saturday to change the world — “starting tomorrow.”

WASHINGTON — Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror.

BOSTON — Rosy Spraker was only a half-mile from the finish line of her seventh Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. She received her medal later in the mail at her Lorton, Va., home. But she couldn't bring herself to wear it until Saturday, when she and...